Impala
The first African animal for most hunters. Rams carry lyre-shaped horns and live in herds where every animal is watching. Getting close to one ram means getting past all the others.
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Most hunters come to Africa for plains game, and many come back for it. These are the animals on our list. Tell us which matter most to you and we plan the hunt around them. The price list has the trophy fee for each.
The animals most first safaris are built around.
The first African animal for most hunters. Rams carry lyre-shaped horns and live in herds where every animal is watching. Getting close to one ram means getting past all the others.
Hunted for its tusks. Boars are found on open ground and at water, often kneeling to feed. They look comic and are harder to judge than you expect: the tusks have to be seen clearly before the shot.
An open-country antelope with a white blaze down the face. Both rams and ewes carry horns. Herds stand in the open, so the stalk is short on cover and the shot is often a longer one.
Often called the poor man's buffalo. Bulls are heavy in the shoulder with horns that sweep out and up from a solid boss. They are tough animals and want a well-placed shot.
Found only in southern Africa. Darker and lighter-built than the blue, with a white tail and horns that hook forward. A nervous animal of open ground that runs, wheels and stops to look back.
Taken for the skin. Picking the stallion out of a herd is the hard part, and zebra see, hear and smell well. They are strong animals, so shot placement matters.
A tall, long-faced antelope with horns that bend back like a bracket. Fast and watchful, it likes open country where it can see a long way, which makes the approach the challenge.
Long, straight horns on both bulls and cows; the cows' are often longer and thinner. A strong, hardy antelope built for dry country, and one of the handsomest mounts on any wall.
South Africa's national animal. Small, quick and fond of open plains, where the herd sees you coming. Expect a careful stalk and a shot at distance.
The spiral horns and the heavy trophies.
The grey ghost. Bulls carry long spiral horns and vanish into thick bush with a single step. Hunting kudu is slow, quiet work: glassing, waiting, and being ready when a bull shows himself.
Bulls are dark and shaggy with orange lower legs and lyre-shaped horns tipped in ivory. They keep to thick bush near water and show themselves early and late.
A solitary antelope of dense cover along rivers and thickets. Rams move at first and last light. Small beside a kudu, but a hunt that asks for patience and a quick, sure shot.
A big, shaggy antelope that stays close to water, marked by a white ring on the rump. Bulls carry long, heavily ringed horns that sweep forward at the tips.
The largest antelope in Africa. Old bulls turn blue-grey and carry a heavy dewlap. For all their size they are shy and walk far, so an eland hunt is usually a long day on the track.
Old bulls are dark, heavy and far warier than their height suggests. The trophy is the skin and the skull. Shot placement is different from any antelope and your professional hunter will talk you through it.
A mature bull is jet black with a white face and belly and horns that curve back in a long arc. Among the most sought-after antelope in Africa, and a trophy most hunters plan a whole trip around.
The second-largest antelope after the eland. Sandy-grey with a black-and-white face mask and thick, ringed horns. Less common than sable, and a hunt for someone who has already taken the classics.
Dark reddish-brown with a sloping back and a purple sheen in good light. Among the fastest antelope on the continent. Found on open woodland edges, usually in small groups.
A water-loving antelope with a chestnut coat and long horns that sweep back and then forward. Rams are found close to water and wet ground.
Small antelope, each a hunt in its own right.
A small, solitary antelope that dives into cover when disturbed, which is how it got its name. Rams carry short, straight horns. Most are seen early in the morning or late in the afternoon.
A small, neat antelope with large ears and short upright horns on the ram. It lives in open ground, freezes when it sees you, then bolts. A good ram takes sharp eyes to find.
Lives on rocky koppies and walks on the tips of its hooves. Usually found in pairs. The coat is coarse and brittle, so the skin needs careful handling in the field.
Pigs, predators and the others on the list.
Clever, wary and active almost entirely at night. Bushpig keep to thick cover, and a good boar is one of the harder animals on the list to take.
A wary predator, usually taken when the chance comes during a hunt for something else. The dark saddle on the back makes a striking flat skin.
Troops post lookouts and their eyesight is excellent, so getting within range of an old male is harder than most visitors expect.
A powerful, sandy-red cat with black tufted ears. Secretive and mostly active at night, it is rarely seen by day.
Tell us what you want to hunt and we will tell you how many days it takes.